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• n  an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
  his cancer is in remission
• n  a payment of money sent to a person in another place
• n  (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
• n  the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• The perfect remission was only temporaryas doctors well knew and Davis apparently never suspected.
• My system is in remission now.
• All the rest are still in remission including three who have been cancer free over five years.

• remittal
• subsidence
• remittance
• remitment
• remit
• absolution
• remission of sin

News & Articles

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• Galt’s Kari Salinas pulls no punches in her fight against leukemia
  On April 1, 2013, Kari Salinas, 19, was told she had four weeks to live after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of blood cancer. After chemotherapy treatment her cancer has gone into remission.
  June 15, 2013 - Lodi News-Sentinel
• Overweight and obese patients less likely to achieve remission in early rheumatoid arthritis
  Overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in early rheumatoid arthritis compared to those of normal weight.
  June 14, 2013 - Science Daily
• Overweight and obese patients less likely to achieve remission in early RA
  ( European League Against Rheumatism ) A new study presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in early rheumatoid arthritis compared to those of normal weight.
  June 14, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Julia Carson in CBS News
  My doctor discovered lung cancer,Carson said in a statement over the weekend. "It had gone into remission years before, but it was back with a terminal vengeance."
• Nell McAndrew in Telegraph.co.uk
  McAndrew said: "I personally have been supporting Cancer Research UK for many years now. In that time, my dad, Ted, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and has since been told he's in remission, so I always take part in the Race for Life in...
• Lance Armstrong in Los Angeles Times
  On Thursday, Armstrong, a cancer survivor, told Kimmage: "When I decided to come back for what I think is a noble reason you said, 'Folks, cancer's been in remission for four years but our cancer has now returned,' meaning me. I'm here to fight this...